Road Queen

Over the river and through the woods, and around the mountain range, and across the lake, and over the mountain, and over the mountain to Papa's house we go. (And next time, we need to remember the camera)

Had a good trip east this weekend. Went to Dad's house on Friday, and got to spend time with him and "Cousin Kyle". I think Nathan thinks that cousin is his first name, because we can't seem to break him of always saying "Cousin Kyle". The two of them played some old-style video games on the Nintendo system we got back in the 80's.

We were supposed to see Ray and Kathy for breakfast on Saturday, but we woke up to the unexpected sight of snow, and they turned back after having trouble driving. This gave me pause, because the trip to Roxanne's would be two hours, and doing it in the snow would not be fun. But we checked the weather reports, and figured the snow would lessen as I went east, so it'd be okay.

Signs I should have turned back.
1. Fishtailing as I went down Dad's road.
2. Seeing our first accident before we'd gone ten miles.
3. Driving less than 40 mph on I-89, with one lane closed by snow.

But, I'd gotten this far, I didn't like to turn back. Although it tried my resolve when we got stuck for 30 minutes just outside Concord because of an accident. Turning back then would mean going back through all the snow, so it seemed better to push on for the last hour and wait out the snow at Roxanne's.

We got there an hour late to find the party.... hadn't started yet. Mark and Rosemary don't have the grit of us North Country folk, and had turned around after getting as far as Lowell. Some friends of Roxanne's came a little while later with their three kids, so the madhouse began. Many conversations were started among the adults, few were finished. Lot's of yummy food was spilled. Roxanne's house was admired by all, especially Alina's newly decorated room and the spacious master bedroom addition. Ellen and David made their way over from "the apple of their eye" that they are in the process of tearing to shreds. Once the water view is moved from the bathroom to the kitchen, things will be perfect.

We considered staying the night, but that would have made Sunday's drive even longer. At least the weather was fine yesterday, and both the kids slept a little in the car. The scenery was fantastic, with the pine trees holding onto the snow as if they had been frosted with sugar. We had lunch here, isn't it charming?